Hardware and Software Requirements

Supported Platforms

Any Intel-based PC that is compatible with and running Solaris for the Intel Platform, Versions 2.4 or 2.5.

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements are as follows:

A minimum of 16-MB of RAM is required, 32-MB of RAM is recommended.

A minimum of 6-MB of free disk space is required for installation, 3-MB of disk space is permanently used.

One or more supported network interfaces.

A CD-ROM drive.

A floppy drive, if planning to install SunCA certificates.

Operating System Requirements

To run SunScreen SKIP, you must

Install the Solaris SunCoreTM software group.

This software group contains the minimum software required to boot and run the Solaris operating system. It includes some networking software and the drivers necessary to run the OpenWindows environment; it does not include the OpenWindows software.

Additionally, install the following packages:

system

SUNWadmr

System & Network Administration Root

system

SUNWcar

Core Architecture, (Root)

system

SUNWcsd

Core Solaris Devices

system

SUNWcsr

Core Solaris, (Root)

system

SUNWcsu

Core Solaris, (Usr)

system

SUNWdfb

Dumb Frame Buffer Device Drivers

system

SUNWesu

Extended System Utilities

system

SUNWkvm

Core Architecture, (Kvm)

system

SUNWlibC

SPARCompilers Bundled libC

system

SUNWlibms

SPARCompilers Bundled shared libm

system

SUNWtoo

Programming Tools

system

SUNWvolr

Volume Management, (Root)

system

SUNWvolu

Volume Management, (Usr)

If you plan to use the skiptool GUI, install the packages for OpenWindows.

Protocol Compatibility

SunScreen SKIP supports the following protocol versions:

SKIP, Version 1, for SunScreen SPF-100/100G compatibility.

Any platform that has implemented SKIP as described in the ICG Technical Reports listed in Section 1.1.2, including the SunScreen product line, except SunScreen SPF-100, which only implements SKIP, Version 1 (see above).

Raw mode (also known as ESP/AH, manual keying, or S/WAN) for compliance with RFC 1825: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol.

SunScreen SKIP, Release 1.1, is the upgrade for SKIP for Solaris, Release 1.0.